Speaking Topic for Speaking Test 4

Have you ever had to wear a uniform? How did you feel? Often, institutions like them better than the individuals who have to wear them.

Before class

4. Read and Consider

Read the following discussion between a student and teacher at a secondary school. Is there a right and wrong side in this argument, or merely two points of view?

A: Why do we have to wear uniform to school? Why can't we wear ordinary clothes, like kids at some schools?

B: You know the rules. The school feels that if students dress com servatively, they will act properly and be more serious about their studies. Personally, I think they have a point there.

A: Well, may be, but at the same time it makes us all feel like cogs (small parts) in a machine . We can't be creatives or express ourselves in our own way. That's important, too, isn't it?

B: I wouldn't disagree with that, but we mustn't forget the majority of student. When students can dress any way they want, that can sometimes disrubt (disturb) the classroom, and make it difficult for some student to study. The main purpose of school is to study, not to show off (display) your clothes.

A: Why does someone else always have to decide what is good for the majority? Why doesn't anyone ever ask us what we think? We should be able to make some of our own decisions.

B: When you are eighteen you can make your own decisions. Right now, your main responsibility is to study hard and learn how to cooperate with your fellow students?

A: Are you saying that if I don't wear a uniform I won't study hard and cooperate with my fellow students?

B: No, you're putting words in my mouth (you are saying something I didn't say at all). I'm only trying to say that the school feels that wearing uniforms will help prevent some unnecessary problems. Their intention (purpose) is not to discourage creativity or free thinking.

A: May be that's what you believe, but we are the ones who have o wear them. Lots of kids feel that the school makes us wear uniforms to try to mold us into thinking in the same way. I don't want to become just one more faceless number (an individual without an identity) in society. 

Speaking Topic for Speaking Test 3

3. Marriage on the Rocks

"On the rocks" has two meaning in this story, like a ship on a rocky seacoast, a marriage on the rocks is in trouble and unlikely to survive. " on the rocks " is also an expression that describes a way of serving alcohol, such as whiskey, that heavy drinkers often prefer. The whiskey is poured over ice cube ("rocks") undiluted (no water or mix is added). Why are both meaning of "on the rocks" appropriate in the following situation?

Before class

> Read and Decide

Read the story carefully, and decide what you would do in this dilemma.

 

Your spouse has a drinking problem. When you realized that it was serious and could destroy your family, you discussed it frankly. He/She admitted it and promised to stop drinking. That was several years ago. Since then, the same promise has been made and broken many times.

You are beginning to lose hope. The family finances are suffering. You are also worried that seeing their parent drunk so often is having a bad effect on your children As time passes, you are afraid that the drinking problem will get worse As the children grow older, you are afraid they will came to hate their mother/father and feel ashamed. You are also tired of trying to keep drinking a secret and pretending to your friends that  everything is fine.

The last time that your spouse tried to stop drinking, you felt optimism you went together to a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymeus, an organization that has helped many alcoholics to stop drinking. Because your hopes were so high, you became terribly disappointed when that effort failed and the drinking started again. You told your parents about the problem and they suggested a divorce. They said the drinking and arguing would hurt the children more than a divorce would. They also felt that the shock of asking for the divorce might help your spouse stop drinking once and for all (permanently). You don't like any of the options available, but you have to do something. What do you do?

Speaking Topic for Speaking Test 2

2. To Tell the Truth

Would you tell someone an important truth (that concerns him or her) if the knowledge might have a destructive effect on the person?

Before class

> Read and Decide

Read the story, imagining that you are the doctor. Decide what you would do.

He came to you, complaining of stomach pains that he had been having for about six months. You tell him that he shouldn't have waited so long before investigating the cause. He replies that he didn't think it was anything serious, probably just nerves, because he's been worrying about some family problems.

You conduct extensive (detailed) tests and recommend exploratory surgery ( thorough surgery to find out a patient's internal condition) because you suspect cancer. When you tell him your suspicion, he agree to the surgery. During the operation, you discover that he has extensive cancer that has already spread to other organs. His situation seems hopeless to you, and you think it is only a question of how much time he has left.

You will have to tell him that he has cancer, because you want to recommend chemotherapy (chemical treatment). You don't know, however, whether you should tell him the whole truth. On the one hand, you think he has enough to worry about with his family problems. perhaps knowing the truth about his own health might be more than he could stand. You don't want to ruin what time he has left. On the other hand. you feel that he may want to know the truth so that can deal with his family difficulties in a realistic way and make arrangements for his dependents (wife if she is not holding a paying job,and children). what do you do?

Speaking Topic for Speaking Test 1

1. A GOOD FUTURE

How much influence should a parent have over a teenager's future?

before class.

> Read and Decide

Read the story and decide what you would do in this situation.

you and your spouse (wife or husband) own a grocery store. you are proud of your business, which took many years to build, though you have to work very long hours and get no vacations. you have no pension (savings plan for old age) plan, and you hope that your health last long enough for you to educate your children and save some money for your old age.

when you were young, you didn't have the chance to continue your schooling. But things are different now, and you have bigger plans for your daughter. You want her to get a good government or company job, with the security (safety) of pension and medical benefits, vacations and shorter working hours.

Your daughter, however, hates school and loves to join you at the store every afternoon after school, instead of doing her homework. She insist that she doesn't want to continue in school next year. She says she wants to learn the grocery business from you and eventually take over (manage) the store. She's a smart girl, and you think her bad grades are just a result of not studying.

You have had many arguments on this subject. Your daughter is convinced of (believes in) her own desires. You are equally convinced that you know what's really best for her in the long run. if you were the parent, what would you do? If you were the daughter, what would you do? 

Daily Conversation EXPRESSIONS (You're supposed to be My Best Friend).

1. What did I do wrong? (kesalahan apa yang ku lakukan?)
2. What did I say wrong? (apa ada yang salah dengan perkataanku?)
3. You always think that you're right. (kamu selalu berfikir bahwa kamu benar)
4. You just made a huge mistake. (kamumembuat kesalahan besar)
5. You know nothing about the real life. (kamu sama sekali tidak tahu tantang kehidupan yang sebenarnya)
6. You may be queen back home, but you're nobody here. (mungkin kamu adalah ratu di tempatmu, tapi kamu bukan siapa-siapa di sini)
7. I don't care who you are! (aku ga peduli siapa kamu)
8. If you messing up with me, I'll get you back. (kalau kamu macam2 dgku, aku akan membalasmu)
9. Sometimes you're completely a different person. (kadang kamu menjadi orang yang sangat berbeda)
10. Nobody has ever talked to me that rude. (belum pernah ada yang bicara padaku sekasar itu)
11. You gotta get yourself. (kamu harus intropeksi diri)
12. Why do you avoid me like the plague? (kenapa kamu menghindariku seperti menghindar dari wabah penyakit?)
13. Is this what you call friendship? (begini yang kamu sebut persahabatan?)
14. Is this what friendship is all about? (apakah ini arti dari persahabatan?)
15. I didn't mean to offend you at all. (aku ga bermaksud menyinggungmu sama sekali)
16. There's a good a chance to solve this problem if we team up. (masalah ini bisa kita pecahkan jika kita bersatu)
17. We will stick together no matter what happens. (kita akan selalu bersama apapun yang terjadi)
18. Friends don't stab you in the back. (yang namanya tean itu tidak menusuk temanya dari belakang)
19. What did you do behind my back? (apa saja yang telah kamu lakukan di belakangku?)
20. Your attitude is the root of your problem. (sikapmu adalah sumber permasalahanmu).

ini adalah expressions lanjutan dari sebelumnya ^_^
semoga bermanfaat buat kalian. Syukron jaziilan.

Contoh EXPRESSIONS bahasa Inggris dan arti

1. Good morning : selamat pagi
2. Good afternoon : selamat siang/sore
3. Good evening : selamat malam
4. Good night : selamat tidur
5. See you later : sampai jumpa lagi
6. Open your book : bukalah bukumu
7. Close the door : tutuplah pintunya
8. Stand up : berdirilah
9. Sit down : duduklah
10. Stand back : mundurlah
11. Stand around : berdiri melingkar
12. Stand up face to face : berdiri berhadap-hadapan
13. Come forward : majulah
14. Clean the board : bersihkan papan tulis 
15. Sweep the floor : sapulah lantainya
16. Write down on your book : tulislah di bukumu
17. Call your friend : panggilah teman-temanmu
18. Up your hand : angkatlah tanganmu
19. Speak loudly : bicaralah yang keras
20. Take me home : antar aku pulang

sebenarnya masi banyak yang mau saya tulis tapi berhubung batre notebook saya uda teriak-teriak jadi saya cukupkan sampai 20 expressions dulu ya, pasti saya sambung lagi esok hari. THANKS 

My hopeless buddy

The first time we met, We still thought each other. And never being good although just for awhile.

And one day my friend said something about his complicated history, and his losing heart and I think we can be a good friends then.

But suddenly you came to me with your hubbub face and at least I realized what happened with you. 

I tried to always be besides you when you needed And be the One who always listened to your sigh.

Just then your fragility came up somehow.

I was confused when you talked about dying And I think about your changing act lately And about how sweet your every word to me.

Ah, my hopeless buddy,,,,

I hope nothing bad happened with you But in in the end, the only thing I don't want to happen.

the 'death' you've been talking about did you know how loss I was after your going? My hopeless buddy.... But there's nothing I could do except just receiving what happened.